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. i HE IE -BEND n M; VA V 1H P THE WEATUO 1 Fair Tonight and Friday VOL. XVII.- No. 310 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. G THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS mil a mm mm ;mmm$wmmtomimt - m m m inn w a f I nw wvwmw. - mrmm mm m I JURY CLEARS NEGRO BOY; CHARGED WITH GREAT INCREASE IN THE BLOODIEST INt REQUEST FOR MORE WHO REFUSED SERVE WAR BETWEEN THIS MANUFACTURES 1. Hi IS HISTORY, IT IS SAID REGULARS, ADMIT'D FACE COURTMARTIAL NATION AND KAISER 'R RECORDER'S POWER ENDS WITH DAY SQ FAR ASPENALTIES Judge pond Utiles That Ap peals Withldrawn Because Wounded Continue to At- tack One Another Vhen . Unable to Stand BUTCHERY IS HORRIBLE Men v Go " Insane Amputa-1 tions Without Anesthet- ics 7.000 Dead On 700 Yards of FrontBattle In Dark Tunnels (By the United Press) Paris, May 25. The French have advanced along the west Meuse bank and east f tCumieres village in Gren ade fighting,, the war office today an nounced The Germans, attack fierce ly, captured a French trench north of Haudromont Quarries. , Violent artillery duels continue around Dou- aumont BRIEFS IN THE NEWS OTHER EAST CAROLINA CITIES AND COUNTIES The State shoot of the North Ca rolina Trapshooting Association will (be held at Tarboro on July 12 and 13. Clubs in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham,. Asheville, Pine-1 hurst, Louisburg, New Bern, Wash ington,. Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount, 'Wilson, Morehead City and Rich Square .will be represented, - A modern steamer is being con structed for the Baltimore & Caroli-i na Steamboat Co., to ply between Baltimore and New Bern. Cabbages are moving in heavy shipments from East Carolina. Pam lico county probably is sending the largest quantities north. PRESIDENT PLAYING HANDS OFF IN THE FIGHT IN SECOND N. Y Herald's Correspond end Makes "Discovery' Administration Will Lend material improvement and enlarge Aid to Party Nominee, mnt of the Rocky ount Cotton Whoever, He May Be The White House is taking no part in the fight in the Second District. President Wilson very properly . is playing hands off. There have been attempts since the entry into , the race of Mr, Mitchell, to give the im pression that.any'iight on Mr. Kitch in at this time, was frowned on by the, Administration- - ; . Such' reports ' were , sent out by Washington, . correspondents to vari ous State papers, Hickory-, May 23. Sam, the three- year-oia son ox Jr.; A. Ainier, a local liveryman, was drowned in a spring near his home in ' the ' suburbs of Hickory. - CAROLINA RAILROAI) miE TABUS Ne. 1 " ' FIKST-CLASS FREIGHT AND . PASSENGER SERVICE. Southbound 5 -!. Nortibound - v , S33 . " A. It. r r': , p.,M. 7:35 At.... Kinston ....1m. B-M 7:29.... nines Junction KtOE 7:06........ PooU.........f 6:20 7:00...;... Dawson B:27 :47. Glenfleld 6:41 t 6:40..... Suggs Siding ... 6:50 e:89 Lv.. Snow Hill .Ar.- 6:00 ' An trains governed by the Norfolk Southern rales while using the track from Kinston to Uines Junction, ans subject to the orders of its supsrin wndent. : . v , ' The abeve schedule is given as in formation only, and is supposed to b the time that trains will arrive sad oepart, but it is not enaranteed. WILLIAM HAYES, ' ' Cneral Superintendent, Coast Artillery Branch Did Not Feel That More Men Could Be SparedAsked for Reinforcements Af ter Militia Called By CARL GROAT, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 25wThat Funs- ton had : requested Additional coast r?1V8ry for, the, border ?d had been refused, was confirmed to day at the" War Department The ex planation was that the coast artillery I branch felt it would be unwise to strip the coast defenses any further. The request was made after the militia bad been called out. WAITE TO TAKE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Counsel Announces That Youth Now Charged With Murdering Wealthy Father-in-Law Will Testify In His Own Behalf at Trial In New York -Brother of Defendant First Wit ness. ' ' ' " (By the United Press) New York, May 28. Dr. Arthur Warren Waite will take the stand in his own defense in his trial for mur dering his father-in-Jaw, John Peck, the Michigan millionaire, according to Walter Deuel, Waite's attorney, who outlined the defense on an insanity ground. Frank Waite, a i brother, was the first witness;" . f. mom SOUTHERN COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS MEETS DURHAM IN FALL (By the United Press) Durham, May 25. Durham was selected for the meeting-place for the 22d annual session of the Associ ation of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, No vember 15 to 17. The membership comprises 37 colleges and 45 second ary schools. . ' . ... , . TO ENLARGE COTTON MILLS ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount, May 24. An outlay nt nnn hundred thousand dollars for 11 Ul is an iiiM;iafiiig niiuuuiivv- ment of the day. PROPOSK USING U. S. WARSHIPS CARRY MAILS TO NEUTRAL v. (By the United Press) Washington, May , 25. -Representa tive P. F. Tague of Massa;"usetts day introduced a resolution propos ing sending mails .between Ameri ca and neutral nations on navy ships. IHOPETOpRGANIZE , GUN dLUB JONIGHT There will be a meeting in the Ho tel Tull at 8 o'clock this evening to organize a gun club for Kinston. Every one interested in shooting is invited to be present It is hoped to get as many members as possible to make a start before- the recently opened season is too far advanced. If the club can be organized this evening a team of shooters will prob ably be selected immediately to par ticipate in the State meet at Tarbo ro in a few weeks. The trial of W. R. Hopewell for the- alleged murder of his "wife, Mrs. Rachel Hopewell, a Lenoir county woman, will be held at New Bern next week. Mrs. Hopewell is alleg ed by the State to have been poison ed. Baker Changes His Mind 116 toT5e Tried-Likely Most of Judges Will Be Officers National Guard (By the United Press) Washington, May 21. Reversing yesterday's decision. Secretary Baker announced today that he will direct the court-martial of the 116 Texas militiamen charged with failing to present themselves for bOTder dut He refused to comment on the courtmartial's makeup, but the in dications are that the majority will be militia officers. RECORD CONVERSATION OYE TELEPHONE FROM CITY; TEDIOUS ROUTE A record telephone conversation for Kinston was carried on for three minutes between this city and a urn all town in Oklahoma a few days ago. Those talking were two brothers. The distance in an air Ene is not nearly so great as it is by the route over which they conversed, however. In order that they might hear the better, the connection was built up from the Kinston exchange of the Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. to Pittsburgh, thence over the trans- continental line to Chicago and to Denver, thence back to Omaha and to the Oklahoma point. The distance was approximately 3,200 miles. The conversation was perfectly audible at both points. The toll was $8.26. To talk over a direct route that distance would have cost more than twice as much, but because no efficient route was available and it would not be fair to charge the persons for the extra long connection for wiiich they were not responsible, the charge was baa. ed upon, the actual distance. It took one hour . to make the connection. KINSTON WILL MVE , BIG REPRESENTATION AT FIREMEN'S MEET Kinston will send the largest dele- gation of firemen it has ever had at a State meeting to the big convention and tournament of the North Caroli na Volunteer Firemen's Association, to be held in Raleigh this summer, it Is expected. The "fans" for which the city is noted, of course, will not be as numerous as was the case at the meetings held in New Bern in re cent years. There is talk of operat ing a special train for one day of the tournament, however. Every large town in the State will have motor and horse-drawn appar atus at Raleigh for the racing events. Several world records, are held by North Carolina volunteer firemen. In cluded are the records for quick- steaming, horse hose wagon racing. hand-reel racing and others. YOUNG WIFE FOUND DEAD IN HER BED I Mrs. Bryant Davenport, about 25, wife of a Neuae township farmer, died suddenly in bed at the home, some miles from here Wednesday. She had been kt rather poor health for a time, and was the mother of it i an infant only a month r eld supposed that heart trouble caused her demise. The i husband discover- ed her body. . she' was Miss Eibsa Casey before marriage, she is sur- vived by several children as well as the husband. - The funeral was conducted by Rev. W. 0. Bodell of this city at Wood ington this afternoon. . . Messrs. J. G. Bragaw and J. G. TtrurAV Jr.- liavfT retnrntu! tA WaaK. They attended the East Carolina I Episcopal Council, and were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Ira M. Hardy. I g(rong Feeling In London That Sub. Commander May Cause Break PEACE HAS SMALL SHOW Uoyds.Readjusts Things Following Grey's Speech, Three to One Offered That War Won't End Du ring the Present Year By WILLIAM E. FORREST, (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, May 25. Responding in stantly to Sir Edward Grey's decla ration that peace talk will (be idle conversation until Germany changes her attitude. Lloyds today made a radical shift in insurance rates against the war ending before De cember 31 A few days ago the odds were even that the war would end in 1&16, Brokers today wagered three to one that the war will not end in 1916, four to one that Sweden won't join Germany within six months, and two t t-,i that the United States and Germany wont be at war this month. The last mentioned odds reflect a strong feeling here that a German submarine commander may unexpect edly-upset German-American, rela tions, .r by an unwarned attack on a ship carrying Americans German Officials Pessimistic, (Berlin, May 25. German officials cherish no high hopes for an early termination of th war, despite the increasing amount of peace talk an Berlin, Washington and London pa pers. Particularly the Conservatives do not relish the idea of Phillip Schio- demann. the Scialit leader, expressed in a recent United Press interview, that'Taft r Wilson would be accepta ble as mediator. Wilson Won't Act Save for All Europe. Washington, May 25. If President Wilson moves for peace he won't act on the behalf of any one nation nor family of nations. He will act in be half of Europe. This viewpoint was outlined to callers today, and may constitute the keynote of Saturday's address before the League to Enforce Peace. BULLETINS (By the United Press) 5,000-TON SHIP submarined: London, May 25. The British ship Washington, of 5,000 tons, the largest submarine victim for several days, has been torpedoed, dispatches today said. Subscriba to The Free Press. CORPORATION COMMISSION AGREES FOR CHANGE 10F SITE OF FROM' GORD'N STREET (By W. JMartin) , , Raleigh, May 25. The Corporation Commission to- ay approved the change of passenger station as agreed Commerce and the Atlantic Southern Railroads. j An order to be issued will provide that the station be erected on the "Caswell junction of the two railroads the Gordon street or "Presbyterian church " site. ; The change was agreed upon sentatives of the Chamber of t a meeting in Kinston. ; It is presumed that construction will be started in a few weeks. The station at Kinston, it ity, will be the handsomest A. U. L. in N Orth Carolina. - David LawsonlWent Free Today Trying E. W. Mincher, Convict Guard, for Cruelty , In Superior Court This Afternoon David Lawson, a diminutive negro, charged with the murder of James Evans, a smaller boy of his race, was acquitted by a jury in Superior iCourt this morning. The jury for a case against E. W. Mhttsher.. a convict guard charged with "brutality to prisoners, was se cured and the case was expected to bo concluded during thcirishrdlu uat be concluded during the afternoon. Judge "Counsel" for Tw Defendants. Alonza Washington, colored, charg ed wth attempted criminal assault upon a three or lour-year-oiu gin oi his race, and Herbert Coley, another negro, accused of a crime against nature, had no counsel when their cases were called Wednesday. Judge Bond, who is presiding, "represent ed" the defendants, not without pre cedent. Both got fair trials, every member of the bar attested. Both were convicted, however, Washington drawing two years, and Colpy six mcnths on the county roads. Otjier cases cleared off Wednesday were: Stephen Kogers, assault wnn a deadly weapon, fine and costs to talling, about $50. Lizzie Greer, as sault, not guilty. Will Mewborn, re tailing, ; appeal from the Recorder's Court, erasted from docket. Grand Jury About Through. t The grand jury was expected " to make its report this af ternoon. The dustomary visit, to the eounty insti tutions had been completed when the Jurymen went into session this morning. Partello Case Today. The case against Margaret Partel- lo, charged with the murder of Har ry Stein, is expected to be commenc ed about 4 o'clock today. KLLOYD-GEORGE HAS CHARGE IN IRELAND London, May 25. David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, has been given full charge of the Irish situation, Premier Asquith today told the Commons. WEATPR ISTJT GOOD FOR THE COTTON CROP Washington, May 24. "The tem perature has been too low for the best development of cotton, and its growth has been considerably re tarded,'' says the National Weather and Crop ' Bulletin issued today. "Heavy rains in parts of the South have delayed replanting and the cul tivation of the crop." PASSENGER STATION TO 'THE JUNCTION' the site of the Kinston union upon by the Chamber of Coast Line and the Norfolk " r;-'""" 5 .v ' ''" '-' "i-.! ' street' site, at : the ; present named above, instead of at some weeks ago by repre Commerce and the railroads - : ?5 is reported on good author- east of the main line of the of ' Modified Decisions Must Go Back On Docket for Trial .No more withdrawal of appeals, changes or modifications in sentences imposed by the Recorders Court are in order, according tor a ; ruling of Judge Bond, in the Circuit Court this morning in habeas corpus proceed ings In the case f a negro "who was sentenced by Recorder Wooten to the roads f or six months on. a vagrancy charge but turned loose by , Judge Bond after counsel for the Recorder had failed to show to his satisfaction that the negro had been convicted on a similar charge before. ' It developed in the course of the inquiry that many cases which had been appealed from the Recorderss Court to the Superior Court had been subsequently withdrawn. Judge Bond asked the Recorder, who was pres ent, if such withdrawals had been be cause of any modification or change In the penalties imposed, and the Recorder stated that some of them had been withdrawn because of such bargains,' as Judge Bond , termed them, whereupon Judge Bond ruled that the Recorder had no authority to change his decision in any case af ter the session at which such decision, was rendered had adjourned. Judge Bond stated that it was his opinion, and he so ruled that each day's pro ceedings completed themselves so far as those cases disposed of were con cerned, and that the power of the Recorder in any case so disposed of was totally gone thereafter. Judge Bond ordered the Clerk of the Court to reinstate on the docket and sum mon for hearing before the August term of the Superior Court every case where such withdrawal had been made unless it be shown to the Clerk that such defendant would abide by the original decision of the Recorder. Judge Bond made it clear that he did not desire any of the defendants who had innocently withdrawn their appeals because of modification 'of penalties to suffer therefrom or their action in withdrawing to be prejudi cial at all to their interests. Solicitor Shaw called attention in behalf of the Recorder to the indieftnite law tinder which the court Is operated. This is a point that has been made before by the Solicitor and the Re corder. The ruling of Judge Bond will only affect the cases, of course, appearing on the docket of the present term. There are nine such cases, The Free Press is informed by the Clerk of tht Court If, however, the .ruing of the court was retroactive and cover, ed the Recorder's1 Court proceeding since it began a very large number of cases would probably be involved. The exact ruling of Judge Bond was as follows: , ."It appearing to. the court in, this matter that - certain appeals have been withdrawn after they were dock eted in tliia court, by defendants who had appealed from the judgments of the Recorder's Court because of sub sequent understandings as to change in the punishments, the Court being of opinion that after the Recorder pronounces his judgment his jurisdic tion is at an end and that he has no further control over the matter. "It is ordered, .that notice issue to each man who has withdrawn his ap peal that he shall appear at the Aug ust term of this court for trial of his case, which case the clerk of this court is instructed to redocket, unless the clerk is notified by any particu lar defendant that he is willing , to comply with, the original judgment pronounced against him in the Re corder's Court, ; V - In connection with the habeas cor pus proceedings it was brought out by counsel for the negro boy that the warrant which he stated was submit ted as the original served on the ne gro in the alleged first offense in September, 1915, was on a form of warrant which was not in use by, the court until ; December, ' No explana- Preliminary Siatement By : Census Bureau Proves Big Gains ' MANY MORE WORKING Capital Invested In 1914 AViure man x wu nuuuv , and Fifty '. Millions" Against Two Hundred and Seventeen In 1914 r (Special to The Free Press) , Washington, D. C, May . 25, A preliminary statement of the general results of the census of manufactures for North Carolina has been issued by director Sam. L.' Rogers, of the Bureau "pf the Census. Department of Commerce. The population of North Carolina at the census of 1910 was 2.206,000, and it is' estimated that H was 2,- 839,000 on July 1, 1914. - - . '. The summary shows a considerable increase at the census of 1914 as com pared with that of 1909. In the order of their importance, from a percentage standpoint, . the ; increases for the several items rank as follows: Salaries, 48.4 per cent; materials. 39.5 per cent; primary horsepower, 34.3 per cent; wages '34 ; per cent; value of products, 33.6 per cent; Salaried employees, 30.9 per cent; value added by manufacture, 26 per cent; capital. 16.9 per cent; and number of establishments 11.7 , per cent. ' " - Capital Invested. The capital invested, as reported in , 1914, was ?253,842,000.' a gain of $36,656,000, or 16.9 per cent, over $217,186,000 in 1909. ) ' ' ' The cost ' of materials used was $169,942,000 in 1914' against $12f, 861.000 In 1909, an increase of $48, 080,000, or 39.5 per cent. The value of products was $289, 412,000 in 1914 and $216,656,000 In 1909, the increase being $72,756,000 or 33.6 per cent. The average per establishment was approximately $53,000 in 1914 and $44,000 in 1909. The value added by manufactures represents the difference between the cost of materials used and the value of the products manufactured from them. , The value added by manu factures was $119,470,000 in 1914 and $94,795,000 in 1909, the increase being $24,665,000.. or 86 per cent, i The value added by manufacture formed 41.3 per cent of the total ' value of products in 1914 and 43.8 per cent In 1909. ' . , " Salaries and Wages. The salaries and wages amounted : to $56,283,000 in 1914 and to $41. 259,000 in 1909, the "increase being -v $15,024,000, or 36.4 per cent The. number of salaried employees ; was 8,541 in 1914, as compared with 6,529 in 1909,. making an increase of 2,012, or 30.9 per cent ,'. The average number of wage ear ners was . 13(1,844 in 1914 and 121, 473 in 1909,. the increase being l5, 371, or 12.6 per cent ' ', feCKO SENTENCED TO : THE ELECTRIC CHAIR ; (Special to The, Free Press) Lillington, N. C, May. 25. Jim McCall; a negro, was sentenced in Superior Court ' here to be electro cuted on July 15 for a criminal as- sault upon a six-year-old "girL London, May 25. Sir Roger Case ment and Daniel Bailey, an alleged confederate, were indicted for high treason by a grand jury today. Case ment will go on trial June 26. tion was made cf Jia matter, but the court ordered 'that the prisoner be discharged and that the County of Lenoir pay the costs of the proceed ing
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